Edwin arthur smith



(No Model.)

, E. A; SMITH.

' HAIR'GRIMPER. No. 603,209. I Patented Apr. 26,1898.

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W I flaw/W UNIT D ST TES" PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN ARTHUR SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IHAIR-CRIMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,209, dated April 26, 1898. Application filed August 23, 1897. Serial No. 649,102. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN ARTHUR SMITH, a citizen of England, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curlers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hair-curlers, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient article of the character referred to which may be quickly applied to the hair, which will wrap the hair closely, and which will effectually prevent the hair from coming uncurled after the same has been Wrapped around.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course'of the ensuing description. 7 The invention consists in an improved haircurler embodying certain novel features and details of construction hereinafter specifically set forth, illustrated in the drawing, and incorporated in the claims hereto appended.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective View of a hair-curler constructed in accordance with this invention.

The improved hair-curling device contemplated in this invention resembles in structure an ordinary safety-pin, embodying the body portion 1, the coil 2 at one end of the body portion, and the guard 3 at the opposite end.

In carrying out the present invention the portion 4, forming one terminal of the coil, and which ordinarily constitutes the pin member, is terminated immediately adjacent to the coil 2.

The present invention resides in pivotally connecting to the portion 4 two arms or fingers 5, which in operative position lie in parallel planes and have their ends inserted in the guard .3. The arms or fingers 5 are connected to the part 4'by a common pivot and each by a knuckle-joint and are arranged side by side, so that each arm or finger 5 may be swung independently of the other. The

free pivotal movement of the fingers is limited by the heel ends of the fingers coming in contact with the extremity of the coil.

In operation the arms or fingers 5 are separated, as shown in the drawing. The hair .is

then inserted between the parts 5, the latter being brought together upon the hair, whereupon by rotating the device as a whole the hair is wrapped around the parts 5. After the hair has been carefully wound upon said arms or fingers 5 the latter are rocked inward, so as to engage their free .ends in the keeper 3. Just before thepoints reach the guard the hinged ends of the parts 5 contact with the extremity of the portion 4, and the further inward movement of the arms 5 is resisted by the action of the spring-coil, and this spring action is sufficient to prevent the extremitiesof the arms 5 escaping from the guard 3 after their insertion therein. When in operative position, the body portion 1 of the device acts against the hair and prevents the device from uncoiling itself.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

l. The herein-described hair-curler constructed substantially in the form of a safetythe coil maintains the fingers in engagement with the guard, substantially as described.

2. The hereindescribed hair-curler, constructed substantially in the formof a safetypin and embodying a'body member, a springcoil at one end thereof having a projecting extremity, a guard at the opposite end, and two independently-movable arms or fingers pivotally connected to the projecting extremity of the coil by knuckle-joints, the arrangement being such that the fingers will reach the limit of their free pivotal movement before they reach the guard, whereby the spring action of the coil is used to maintain the'fingers in engagement with the guard, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' E. ARTHUR SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. T. HORNBY, JAMES RYAN. 

